MTV Video Music Awards

News about MTV Video Music Awards, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Aug. 26, 2014

Jon Caramanica describes highlights from 31st annual MTV Video Music Awards ceremony; holds that night was dominated by young artists who were barely famous in 2013. MORE

Aug. 25, 2014

Miley Cyrus causes stir once again at MTV Video Music awards by sending a 22-year-old homeless man to accept her video of the year award for song Wrecking Ball; Cyrus' representatives say it is part of fund-raising campaign for My Friend's Place, organization in Los Angeles that helps young homeless people find housing, jobs, health care and schooling. MORE

Aug. 22, 2014

Five of MTV's Video Music Awards nominees have all had spontaneous moments that have upstaged videos and revealed more about their personalities and identities as musicians. MORE

Aug. 31, 2013

Jon Caramanica observes that summer of 2013 was one of smooth, and ultimately boring, pop music; reflects that MTV may have found the perfect antidote with Miley Cyrus's electrifying performance at its Video Music Awards show. MORE

Aug. 29, 2013

Celebrities attending MTV Video Music Awards at Barclays Center in Brooklyn head to Manhattan afterwards to continue partying. MORE

Aug. 27, 2013

Jon Caramanica describes highlights from 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, broadcast from Barclays Center in Brooklyn; notes show, which celebrates music videos that are almost never shown on MTV, offers tribute to stubborn persistence of pop music. MORE

Aug. 26, 2013

The Parents Television Council’s complaint was more notable this year because Billy Ray Cyrus sits on the group’s advisory board. MORE

Aug. 24, 2013

MTV’s Video Music Awards ceremony will be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn; show, which is first global event in the borough, will feature Brooklyn-themed performances. MORE

Aug. 23, 2013

Videos are as important as ever for music success, but now labels covet YouTube hits; thirty years after MTV dominated space and presented their first Video Music Awards, Internet viewing has not only taken over MTV's role, but has also supplanted radio as main way American teenagers listen to new music. MORE

Jul. 8, 2013

This year, the MTV Video Music Awards will replace its traditional Moonman statuette, based on the image of Buzz Aldrin, with a cartoonishly extra-terrestrial figure designed by the Brooklyn artist KAWS. MORE

Mar. 25, 2013

No host was announced yet for the show, scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 25, at the Barclays Center. MORE

Sep. 8, 2012

Jon Caramanica maintains that the MTV Video Music Awards have managed to remain youth-oriented and relevant even as the music business has become much less TV-centric. MORE

Aug. 27, 2011

MTV has decided to dispense with a host at its 2011 Video Music Awards, saying that company does not need someone guiding the proceedings. MORE

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